How can I tell if DeskAlarm is running?
If you haven’t chosen the “Hide Tray Icon” option available to registered users the DeskAlarm icon should be showing on the system tray (the area next to the time on the task bar were a bunch of little icons are displayed). If you have chosen to hide the tray icon simply try running DeskAlarm. If the Properties dialog comes up then Desk alarm was running already, if not it was not. Now if you rerun DeskAlarm the Properties Dialog should appear.
